Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] and [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the chambermaid Miss Kenton had left in attendance stood up upon seeing me and began to shake my father 's shoulder . |
| 2 | This showed that he had not only been in the Catalina that had sighted the Bismarck but was actually piloting it and had taken avoiding action when the Bismarck opened fire . |
| 3 | The cat had stopped cleaning itself and had curled up asleep in a little pool of sunshine . |
| 4 | He spent his days wandering around the rugby pitches doing nothing and refused to return to his cottage . |
| 5 | This was many years ago now ab ten years ago I guess , so I went and saw and of course , erm Mr was dead and his son was running it and had sold his shares . |
| 6 | Many right-wing back-bench critics of the government ( but supporters of Mrs Thatcher ) could voice their criticism without including her and liked to present her as a political prisoner of Cabinet ‘ Wets ’ . |
| 7 | He had trouble finding them and managed to catch his finger in a filing cabinet . |
| 8 | He then reappeared in the dining car with an interested crowd of people following him and asked to speak to Xanthe , who up until then had kept palely quiet . |